Tag: science of purpose
The Metaphysics of Irreducible Complexity
The vastness of life’s complexity is no longer unfathomable when seen through the light of purpose.
My Briar Patch: Notes of a Country Doctor
It took me about twenty years after medical school to break free of the intellectual “comfort” afforded by the mechanistic consensus.
Theist Doctor, Materialist Doctor
To be a good medical doctor, you have to treat the human body as if its parts have purpose and function. There’s really no way around it.
Intentionality in Living Systems: What Does It Mean?
One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano.
Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”
Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate.